JANUARY 7 "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS"

DERIKE, Syria — Like many Americans, Jordan Matson is outraged by the brutality of the Islamic State. But unlike virtually every other American, he decided to take on the militants head-on.

Now, the 28-year-old Racine, Wisconsin man is recovering in a hospital in northeastern Syria from a shrapnel wound in his foot, the result of a mortar attack by Islamic State fighters in Jaza, along the Iraqi border. Tall with slightly graying hair, Matson conceded that people back home might call him crazy for joining Kurdish forces to help end the Islamic State's reign of terror. "I couldn't just sit and watch Christians being slaughtered anymore," he said in an interview with USA TODAY. "I got sick of giving online sympathy. Five minutes of lip service does nothing. These people are fighting for their homes, for everything they have." Matson was critical of the United States for being slow to launch air attacks on the Islamic State militants, who have been fighting in Syria for three years and seized large portions of Iraq earlier this year. Jordan Matson has shamed us all by his actions, as we sit in our lazy boy chairs and criticize the President or even the armed forces that are there. So easy to become professional critics, professionals at always seeing the problems, but never taking action to resolve the problem or getting engaged to become part of the solution. Jordan Matson, once again has proven, “Actions do speak louder than words!”

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